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Airports face down charge
Brussels' second attempt to push through legislation to harmonise airport charges in Europe has attracted the usual hail of criticism from both sides of the industry. Airport charges vary widely across the European Union. In its draft proposal, the Commission highlights a 'cost variation for these facilities and ...
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Alitalia gets cash crutch
State aid conditions attached to Alitalia's capital injection present few surprises, other than the insistence on the removal of the carrier's monopoly rights on international routes and a potential loophole which could allow the carrier to circumvent restrictions on capacity expansion. The European Commission was set to rule ...
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Big seven hit by tax lobby
The seven US majors lobbying to replace the universal 10 per cent ticket tax have talked themselves into a corner and look set to end up with an extra $4 billion to pay over the next five years. This is the estimate of one Washington lobbyist, who says ...
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Bogota plays safe for FAA
Colombia's airlines are feeling the effects of an invigorated safety campaign aimed at convincing the US Federal Aviation Administration to upgrade Colombia from its Category II status under the FAA's controversial rating of the oversight practices of foreign civil aviation authorities. The country's third largest domestic carrier, Aero-Republica, ...
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Business revolution
While Ansett Australia is certain to benefit from its relationships with Air New Zealand, United and Singapore Airlines, the carrier knows that internal change is required to ensure a more profitable future. By Tom Ballantyne. When former Cathay Pacific managing director Rod Eddington took control of financially struggling Ansett ...
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Xiamen joins China float
Xiamen Airlines looks set to become the fourth Chinese airline to go public, following the boost the domestic carrier has given to its majority shareholder China Southern Airlines in advance of its parent's late July stock market debut. At presstime, China Southern was heading for Hong Kong and ...
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Cry Wolf!
After 18 months as chairman and CEO Stephen Wolf has changed USAir's livery and name to USAirways but achieved precious little else. As he struggles to persuade the unions of the need for concessions, Karen Walker asks if this US airline veteran's bark is now worse than his bite. Could ...
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Five vie for cut of LAM
Three airlines have emerged as bidders for a stake in LAM Mozambique Airlines, with a decision due by October. In total five consortia, including three led by TAP Air Portugal, South African Airways, and Air Mauritius, have pre-qualified to bid for a 51 per cent stake in the ...
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KLM ponders US disposal
As KLM increased its holding in Air UK to 100 per cent, speculation was mounting that the Dutch major was close to selling its 19 per cent stake in partner Northwest Airlines. The move by KLM to sell its stake in Northwest is seen by analysts as the ...
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Qatar plans Gulf shuttle
Qatar Airways plans to introduce the first intra-Gulf 'shuttle' service as part of the airline's ambitious relaunch. Qatar intends to launch a minimum of four daily turboprop services from Doha to Dubai and Abu Dhabi by the end of 1998. If successful, Qatar will extend the 'shuttle' concept ...
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Jakarta trio seek remedy
Indonesia's financially battered airlines are taking extraordinary measures in their bids to turn around their performance, including the end to most domestic competition. Privately owned Sempati Air, with debts of more than US$300 million, has given up competing with national flag carrier Garuda Indonesia Airways and entered an ...
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Little moves on US-Japan
Alliance plans appear to have led to a softening of United Airlines' stance towards US bilateral talks with Japan, but there is little progress on open skies talks with the UK. Formal bilateral negotiations between Japan and the US resumed in July, with Tokyo still rejecting the prospect ...
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The price of loyalty
Frequent flyer plans have evolved into a network of partnerships based on the sale of air miles. Randy Petersen discusses FFP partnerships and compares the major programmes. Frequent flyer programmes have become big business. Considered the most popular form of loyalty marketing, they have also become text book examples ...
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US starts up merge mania
Low-fare, low-cost startups on both the east and west coasts of the US are seeking critical mass through mergers in their struggle for survival. On the east coast, ValuJet's mid-July merger with Airways Corporation allows the Atlanta-based airline to obtain critical mass without technically infringing the growth restrictions ...
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Power to the plans
As the major alliance partners strengthen the ties between their frequent flyer programmes, the combined power of FFPs to influence the all-important business class traveller has made frequent flyer plans more important to global alliances than codesharing. Report by Jackie Gallacher. 'It is the glue to hold the alliance together.' ...
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Shifting sands
European carriers have taken the lead across the North Atlantic, and major airports like Detroit, Heathrow and Amsterdam have emerged as the clear winners. April Pearson examines the latest data on the US-Europe market. Newly released International Onboard traffic data demonstrates how much the most competitive airline market in the ...
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TWA fleet costs jobs as other US majors report rise in profits
Trans World Airlines (TWA) is to reduce its work force by some 1,000 people, with half the cuts being made in maintenance operations. The announcement comes as TWA reported a small loss in what was otherwise another quarter of healthy profits from major US carriers. TWA says that the ...
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China Southen floats on pair of stock exchanges
China Southern Airlines is to become the largest mainland Chinese carrier yet to float its shares publicly, with a dual listing on the New York and Hong Kong exchanges. The Guangzhou-based airline is to make an initial public offer of around 32% of its stock at the end of ...
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CityBird expands with two 767s and a pair of MD-11 freighters
Herman de Wulf/BRUSSELS CityBird is to expand its fleet next year with the acquisition of Boeing 767s and McDonnell Douglas (MDC) MD-11 freighters. The Belgian low-fare scheduled airline, which began operations earlier this year with two MD-11s on transatlantic routes, will take delivery of two 268-seat ...
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Arkia wants RJ115s to replace Dash 7s
Arkia Israeli Airlines says that it has selected the Aero International (Regional) (AI(R)) Avro RJ115 to replace its fleet of de Havilland Dash 7 turboprops, but the airline is yet to begin contract negotiations with AI(R). Arkia, which wants to order three RJ115s, has been evaluating replacements for ...